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Slightly Radiated: Fully HumanWhen Healing Doesn't Go To PlanIn this week’s episode of Slightly Radiated, Fully Human, we dive into the myth of linear recovery after cancer. What happens when healing doesn’t go to plan - our plan? What happens when fatigue, brain fog, or old symptoms return years later?Together we unpack the frustration of “taking three steps back,” the guilt that comes with needing medication again, and the impatience that flares up when the body demands rest. Through our usual honest conversation, we explore how recovery is more of a winding, serpentine (sometimes tortuous) path than the straight climb we wish it were...
2025-10-2926 min
Slightly Radiated: Fully HumanBeyond Cancer With JournallingIn this deeply personal episode, Monica invites Rebecca to share her story — from the moment she discovered a lump during Breast Cancer Awareness Month three years ago, through diagnosis, gruelling treatment, and the silent aftermath that followed.Rebecca opens up about the emotional toll and challenges of chemotherapy, the loneliness that comes after the hospital appointments stop, and the emotional struggles that followed. They discuss the importance of journalling as a therapeutic tool for processing fear, grief, and ultimately a way towards healing.Together, they explore how writing — even just a few words — can help releas...
2025-10-0931 min
Slightly Radiated: Fully HumanWhy Joy Matters In HealingIn this episode of Slightly Radiated, Fully Human, we, Monica and Rebecca, explore the layered and often complicated relationship with joy after cancer. Is it permissible to feel joy and what role does it play when life feels uncertain or heavy? What does joy look like and how do we notice it in the midst of healing, grief, or fear?Together, we explore how joy shows up in everyday moments — from the smell of morning coffee, a dog’s waggy tail, to time spent in nature. We reflect on joy as a radical act of healing, tied to m...
2025-09-2325 min
Slightly Radiated: Fully HumanWhen Guilt Gets In The Way Of Self CareIn this episode of 'Slightly Radiated: Fully Human', Monica and I dive into the complicated relationship between self-care, guilt, and healing after cancer.Together, we explore:* Why self-care is essential but so often feels selfish* How guilt can sneak in as a form of self-sabotage* The pressure to always appear grateful after cancer* The importance of self-compassion when caring for others* Sharing experiences and honest conversations can help others feel less isolated* Every healing journey is unique and personal* Healing involves navigating both...
2025-09-0923 min
Slightly Radiated: Fully HumanSelf Compassion In The ChaosIn the latest episode of Slightly Radiated: Fully Human, Monica Otten and I talk about the importance of self compassion in our continued recovery when someone we love gets a cancer diagnosis.Here's what we shared:🙏 Self-compassion is crucial when facing life's challenges.🫶 Caring for others can lead to neglecting one's own needs.😍 It's important to prioritise personal well-being while caregiving.☕ Rituals can help ground us and provide comfort.🌄 Finding joy amidst sorrow is essential for emotional health.❤️🩹 Each person's journey through illness is unique and personal.💚 Grounding techniques can help manage emotional stress.🪴 We must remember to nourish our...
2025-08-2838 min
Slightly Radiated: Fully HumanWho Stays, Who Goes: How Cancer Shifts Your Social CircleWhen cancer enters your life, so much changes — including your relationships. In this episode of Slightly Radiated: Fully Human, we talk honestly about the surprising shifts in our personal connections during and after cancer. Some people vanish without explanation, unable to walk alongside us. Others we haven’t seen in years suddenly reappear with unexpected kindness. And then there are those extraordinary friends and family who go far beyond what we could have imagined, offering practical help, emotional presence, and unconditional care.We also talk about language. What words were helpful and lifted us up, and why some...
2025-08-1229 min
Slightly Radiated: Fully HumanTravelling After CancerIn this episode, we talk about our personal experience of travel after cancer treatment - physically, emotionally, and mentally. We explore the impact on our nervous systems, the overwhelm, and the quiet fears and anxieties that can come with planning or taking a trip.But we also talk about what helps: patience, compassion, self love, and the permission to do things our own way.Travel after cancer, whether a weekend away or a long haul flight, comes with new challenges as well as unexpected insights.Monica Otten - http://perudaskincare.com/...
2025-08-0724 min
Slightly Radiated: Fully HumanWhy Am I Still So Tired?In this episode we talk honestly about post cancer fatigue. Fatigue after cancer isn’t just tiredness. It can feel like frustration, grief, self-doubt, and the weight of invisible expectations. We explore the mental, emotional, and physical toll it takes, and the pressure to “get back to normal”.Most importantly, we ask: what if fatigue isn’t something to fix, but a message from our body asking us to slow down and honour everything we’ve been through? We share how we’re slowly learning to see it not as a flaw but as a way to be gentler...
2025-07-1525 min
Slightly Radiated: Fully HumanSlightly Radiated: Fully HumanMonica founder of Beyond Skin and me, Rebecca, founder of Women Beyond Cancer, two cancer survivors, sit down to talk openly about the unspoken parts of cancer recovery - grief, identity, healing, and hope. Unscripted. Unfiltered. Real voices in conversation. Full of truth, humour and a refusal to pretend that it’s all fine.Get to know us in this first episode as we introduce ourselves, how we met, and what drew us together. Each episode we’ll take a deep dive into one question and how it impacts our lives. Our episodes will be arou...
2025-07-0122 min
Slightly Radiated: Fully HumanCOMING SOON to Substack!Two women, post cancer, catching up with a cup of coffee, offering insight and gentle reflection. Unfiltered stories, no scripts, no gloss, just our truth of life beyond cancer.Please share with anyone you know who might find these conversations helpful for their journey of life beyond cancer.With loveRebecca xxThanks for reading Rebecca Perkins - Life - (The Grit and The Beauty)! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would...
2025-06-0200 min